If you know them please email them to me at so that I can update this list. Obviously this list is missing the last few years of production. So if your serial number is higher than 1980 but lower than 1981, that means your piano was made in 1980. If you don’t see your specific serial number that’s because this list only shows the serial number of the very first piano made each year. The quick rules for giving an approximate date of any Japanese Yamaha is as followsħ digit serial number beginning with a 1 means 1970-1974ħ digit serial number beginning with a 2 means 1975-1979ħ digit serial number beginning with a 3 means 1980-1984ħ digit serial number beginning with a 4 means 1985-1989ħ digit serial number beginning with a 5 means 1990+ħ digit serial number beginning with a 6 means 2000+ PLEASE NOTE!

For the purposes of dating, you can ignore the H, M, A, or other letters that may appear before the numbers.

In contrast, the grand piano retains the shape of the original pianoforte in which the strings are strung horizontally, and has a greater potential for expression. The serial number on YAMAHA VERTICAL PIANOSVERTICAL PIANOSIn an upright piano, the strings are strung vertically to make the instrument more compact, which allows the piano to be played in a limited space.

Steinway has been building the worlds finest pianos since 1853. The serial number on YAMAHA flygel - Wiktionary is stamped on the gold colored plate located inside the piano as illustrated in the grand piano picture. The majority of Japanese Yamaha pianos currently in the UK have a 7 digit (sometimes only 6) serial number which can be found to the top right area of the iron frame (you’ll need to lift the top lid of the piano to see it). Yamaha Its no surprise that we are very partial to Yamaha pianos.

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